Burn To Shine (studio album)
by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals

Burn To Shine by Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals
Year: 1999
Overall rank: 9,422nd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 51 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1999 (141st)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,542nd)
Award Best albums of all time (9,422nd)

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Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals bestography

Burn To Shine is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Ben Harper on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ben Harper is Fight For Your Mind which is ranked number 7419 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 169.

Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals album bestography « Higher ranked (9,054th)
Diamonds On The Inside
This album (9,422nd)
Burn To Shine
Lower ranked (12,277th) »
Welcome To The Cruel World

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 51 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 73.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.0.

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From 02/17/2022 21:21
First half of this has quite a darker tone & heavier feel than his other outings. Not saying that's bad, in fact it's bloody great. Back half is a bit sunnier. Enjoyable right through. This is my personal favorite from Ben.
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Harper goes a little edgier, and succeeds with his most commercial album to date. It's not his best, but it's still quality work.
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